RESERVE PRESSURE SOFTENING VERSUS CABBAGE LEAVES ON BREAST ENGORGEMENT AMONG POST PARTUM MOTHERS Happy Dwi Aprilina1 Siti Nurjannah2 Siti Suwaibah3 Suratmi4
1,2Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto, Indonesia
3,4RSUD Prof. Dr. Margono Soekarjo, Purwokerto, Indonesia
Abstract
Aim: to find out the effect of reserve pressure softening versus cabbage leaves on breast engogerment among post partum mothers. Design: the quasy experimental study using two group pre-posttest design. Methods: post partum mothers divided into two groups of treatment. The first group was given the RPS treatment and the second group was given the cabbage leaves treatment. The breast engogerment scale with scale 1-6 according to Hill and Humenick 94 was used to measure breast engorgement on post-partum mothers. The samples were collected using consecutive sampling technique. Mann Whitney test was used for statistical analysis. Result: before the intervention, the majority of post partum mothers breast engogerment on a scale of 3 and after the intervention a decrease of scale 2. Both of these interventions are effective in reducing breast engogerment. Conclusions: Post partum mothers with breast engogerment are advised to reserve pressure softening or cabbage leaves so that breast engogerment decreases and mothers can breastfeed comfortably.
Keywords: breastfeedings, breast engorgement, cabbage leaves, reserve pressure softening
